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In the first quarter of 2026, German commercial property transactions totaled €6.5 billion, representing a 25% increase year-over-year, with office properties comprising 26% of the market share and international capital accounting for 43% of transaction activity. The report projects a 10-15% increase in annual transaction volume to approximately €30 billion, contingent on stable geopolitical conditions, though geopolitical uncertainties and rising energy costs present downside risks to the market recovery.
In Q1 2026, the Munich office lettings market achieved 139,200 m² of take-up, virtually unchanged from Q1 2025 (138,100 m²), with activity stabilized by large deals including an E.ON lease exceeding 20,000 m² at Landsberger Straße, though the number of transactions fell 57 percent to 82 deals. Prime rents rose to €56.00/m² (a 3.7 percent year-on-year increase), average rents reached €27.10/m² (up 3.8 percent annually), and the office vacancy rate increased to 8.8 percent from 7.6 percent in the prior year, with modern Grade A properties showing disproportionately high vacancy increases despite remaining easily lettable.

JLL's Q1 2026 Birmingham Office Market Dynamics report covers leasing activity, rental rates, and vacancy levels in the Birmingham office market during the first quarter of 2026. The report states that 106,700 square feet transacted in Q1 2026, prime rents rose to £52.00 per square foot, overall vacancy increased to 9.9% while Grade A vacancy remained tight at 4.6%, and space under construction declined as completions exceeded new starts.

Manchester's office market recorded 286,200 square feet of take-up in Q1 2026, with the Government Property Agency accounting for the largest transaction at 114,967 square feet. Total vacancy stood at 10.9% at quarter-end, comprising Grade A vacancy of 5.1% and new build vacancy of 1.9%, while prime city centre rents remained stable at £45.00 per square foot.

The JLL Q1 2026 report analyzes Central London's office real estate market, finding that leasing activity remained strong due to increased pre-letting and engagement from technology, media, and telecommunications occupiers. Overall supply tightened and vacancy declined, particularly in new-build stock, while investment activity moderated with lower volumes compared to previous benchmarks.

Edinburgh's office market recorded 142,300 square feet of take-up in Q1 2026, with professional services as the largest activity sector, and overall vacancy stood at 7.4% at quarter-end. Prime rents reached £49.50 per square foot with 514,200 square feet under construction, of which 54.0% was pre-leased, and forecasts anticipated further rent increases during the remainder of the year.

The Leeds office market recorded 34,300 square feet of take-up in Q1 2026 with a total vacancy rate of 7.2%, while the development pipeline contained 322,000 square feet under construction with 33.0% preleased. Prime rents are expected to remain under pressure as quality space becomes scarce, though demand is anticipated to build over the coming quarters with significant lease activity expected in 2027.

This is a market report on the office sector in Munich published by BNP Paribas Real Estate in the first quarter of 2026. The report covers office market conditions and activity in Munich, Germany.

Birmingham's office market experienced strong take-up of 703,430 sq ft in 2025, which was 2% above the five-year annual average, with Grade A and Prime space accounting for 73% of total activity across 100 transactions. Availability fell to 1.7 million sq ft at the end of Q4 2025 (an 11% decrease from the previous quarter), the Prime headline rent reached £46 per sq ft with forecasts predicting further 30% growth to approximately £60 per sq ft by end of 2030, and the Professional sector led demand at 41% of total take-up.
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This is a market report published by Savills in December 2025 covering the office letting market in Munich, Germany during the fourth quarter of 2025.

The report analyzes Berlin's office market in Q4 2025, finding overall take-up of around 486,000 sqm representing a 16% decline year-over-year, though smaller and medium-sized deals increased 17% while larger contracts above 5,000 sqm fell significantly by 71%. Prime rents in Berlin increased 4% to €47 per square meter, with Mitte, Charlottenburg/Tiergarten, and Kreuzberg/Neukölln as leading markets by take-up, and location quality remaining the primary driver of leasing decisions across the city.

Frankfurt's office market achieved take-up of 611,000 square meters in 2025, representing a 53.5% increase year-over-year and the first time the market exceeded 600,000 square meters since 2019, making it Germany's strongest office market. Prime rents rose 10.2% to €54.00 per square meter while average rents increased 28% to €30.20 per square meter, driven by strong demand from banks, financial services, and consulting firms including major contracts with Commerzbank, ING-DiBa, and Allianz Global Investors, though vacant space increased 10.4% to 1.88 million square meters and the outlook for 2026 projects take-up above 500,000 square meters with prime rents approaching the €60 per square meter mark.

This is a market report published by Colliers on December 31, 2025, covering office leasing and investment activity in Munich, Germany during the fourth quarter of 2025.

Knight Frank's 2025 Scotland Report provides a cross-sector review of the Scottish commercial real estate market covering offices, manufacturing, and retail, finding that while leasing activity shows resilience particularly in major centers with concentrated demand for high-quality assets, legacy stock faces obsolescence risk and secondary properties struggle to attract investment unless significantly repriced. The report details that Edinburgh office take-up grew 62% in 2024 underpinned by a major HBOS lease of 282,000 square feet, Glasgow take-up rose 37%, and prime rents have increased notably with Edinburgh experiencing 30% growth since March 2020, though new development pipelines remain constrained with only 38,361 square feet of new space available in Edinburgh.

Knight Frank's Q4 2025 London Offices Spotlight provides a quarterly market snapshot showing that 2025 take-up reached 12.1 million square feet (8.2% above the long-term average), London vacancy fell to 8.6% and could drop to 7.6% if space under offer completes, and investment volumes achieved £3.3 billion in the best quarter since Q1 2022 with £3.1 billion further under offer. The report presents detailed metrics across London's office submarkets, including 23.0 million square feet of availability, 11.4 million square feet in active requirements, and 10.9 million square feet under speculative construction, alongside regional breakdowns for City & Southbank, Docklands & Stratford, and West End markets.

The Knight Frank Q4 2025 report analyzes investment, development, and occupational markets for South East and Greater London offices, documenting leasing volumes of 3.4 million square feet in 2025 (up 8% from 2024), with 356 deals completed at the highest annual total on record, and Grade A space accounting for 79% of take-up. Investment volumes reached £1.3 billion in 2025 (25% lower than 2024), with 112 deals completed and prime yields remaining at 7.00%, while the development pipeline remained limited at 1.9 million square feet under construction, with Cambridge and West London accounting for 61% of speculative space.

Central London office take-up totalled 2.88 million sq ft in Q4 2025, up 17% on the 10-year average with 72% classified as Grade A, while core Grade A supply is depleting at an alarming rate with the City Core and West End submarkets holding only 1.1 years and 0.7 years of Grade A supply respectively, well below the 10-year average of 1.7 years. Investment activity recovered significantly with £3.31 billion deployed in Q4 (up 95% quarter-on-quarter) and £9.76 billion of assets traded during 2025, a 61% increase on 2024, though construction costs and limited development pipeline are expected to require continued rental growth to support returns in the near term.
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In 2025, Munich's commercial real estate investment market generated approximately 2.4 billion euros in transaction volume, representing a 12 percent decline from 2024 and 53 percent below the ten-year average, with retail properties leading by volume at 930 million euros followed by office properties at 580 million euros. Prime yields for offices stood at 4.0 percent at end-December 2025 (down 10 basis points from the prior quarter), while retail properties maintained a 3.9 percent prime yield, with transactions concentrated within the Altstadt Ring and increasingly dominated by private capital, particularly in insolvency sales where banks have begun accepting more realistic valuations.

This is a quarterly data report published by Savills on December 31, 2025, presenting occupational office market figures and metrics for Edinburgh, UK as of Q4 2025.

The BNP Paribas Real Estate Q4 2025 Investment Market Berlin report covers Berlin's real estate transaction volume of €3.25 billion, down 8.5% from the previous year but slightly exceeding the three-year average. The report notes that Berlin maintained its position as the leading A-location in Germany, with the largest transaction being the Upper West sale for over €400 million, and reports prime yields of 4.25% for offices, 3.85% for premium retail, and 4.50% for logistics properties.

Frankfurt's commercial real estate investment market recorded €770 million in transaction volume during 2025, a 52.6% decline from 2024, with no deals exceeding €100 million and a weakened office segment representing only 40% of investments compared to its long-term average of two-thirds. The document notes that a substantial pipeline of large-volume properties including Opernturm, Westend Duo, Trianon, and the Wave are in advanced negotiation stages, and forecasts a significant recovery in 2026 driven by strong office leasing fundamentals with 611,000 square meters of space concluded.

Central London office take-up totalled 2.63 million sq ft in Q4 2025 with 188 transactions completed, down 19% year-on-year and 13% below the ten-year average, though the year saw 10 transactions over 100,000 sq ft—the highest in three years—driven by strong demand from Insurance & Financial Services (31% of space), Tech & Media resurgence, and preference for high-quality space with 77% of 2025 lettings in recently developed or refurbished buildings. Central London investment turnover reached £9.88 billion across 220 transactions in 2025, up 48% on 2024, with vacancy rates at 7.4% (down 40bps quarterly and 10bps year-on-year), City Prime rents reaching a record £105.26 per sq ft (up 6.8%), West End Prime rents at £166.61 per sq ft (up 6

Cushman & Wakefield's Q4 2025 MarketBeat report on Regional and South East office markets covers take-up, supply, rental values, and investment activity across the Big Five regional markets (Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester) and the South East, finding that 2025 saw 6.4 million sq ft of take-up (10% below 2024 and 13% below the five-year average) and £1,861.7 million in investment (the lowest annual total since 2012), with Q4 showing a 12% quarter-on-quarter increase in take-up driven by Grade A activity and a 10.8% vacancy rate. The report projects 2026 will see continued rental growth, persistent Grade A supply constraints, and increasing investment activity supported by easing interest rates and improving credit conditions, with momentum expected to build as occupier demand for high-quality space and flexibility intensifies.
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Birmingham's office market recorded 288,018 sq ft of take-up in Q4 2025, the highest fourth-quarter figure since 2017, representing a 110% increase from Q4 2024, with annual 2025 take-up totaling 703,430 sq ft and professional services accounting for 40% of activity. Headline rents reached £46 per sq ft in Q4 2025 and subsequently increased to £52 per sq ft in early 2026, with Savills forecasting continued prime rent growth over the next five years as supply remains constrained.

Knight Frank's Q3 2025 UK Cities Office Market Review analyzes leasing, supply, investment, and rental trends across ten regional UK office markets including Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, and Sheffield. Key findings include leasing activity reaching 2.5 million square feet in the first half of 2025 with year-on-year growth, seven of ten cities recording rental increases as high as 20%, limited new and Grade A space availability at a 3.0% vacancy rate, investment volumes of £373.5 million in H1, and stable prime asset pricing at 6.50%.

Office take-up in the UK regional markets and South East totalled 1.44 million square feet in Q3 2025, representing a 5% increase from Q2 but remaining 14% below the five-year quarterly average, with Grade A space accounting for 72% of activity. Refurbishments comprised 66% of all space delivered in 2025 as new development slowly returned, with 3.4 million square feet under construction across regional markets and headline rents rising in four of the Big Five cities to levels including Bristol at £50 per square foot and Birmingham at £46 per square foot.

Manchester's office market recorded 771,511 square feet of take-up across 147 transactions in Q1–Q3 2025, with the TMT sector accounting for 37% of activity and Grade A and Prime space comprising 50% of total take-up. Total availability declined 3% to 2.8 million square feet by end-Q3 2025, reducing the overall vacancy rate by 40 basis points to 10.7%, while Grade A vacancy fell to 2.9% and Prime remained at 2.1%.

Berlin's office market recorded 362,000 sqm of take-up in the first three quarters of 2025, approximately 14% lower than the prior year, though demand in smaller segments up to 5,000 sqm reached 320,000 sqm, the highest level since 2019. Prime rents increased 2% in Q3 and 4% year-on-year to €47/sqm, with city zones accounting for 60% of take-up and holding 71% of under-construction space.

Frankfurt's office market achieved 457,900 m² of take-up in the first three quarters of 2025, representing 77% growth over the five-year average and 30% above the full-year 2024 result, driven primarily by the Banking and Financial Sector's 151,000 m² contribution and anchored by Commerzbank's 73,000 m² lease of the Central Business Tower. The prime rent increased to €52.00/m²/month (up 7.2% year-over-year), the vacancy rate stood at 11.5%, and Cushman & Wakefield forecasts full-year take-up between 525,000 and 550,000 m² with no further prime rent growth expected by year-end.

Frankfurt's office market recorded 338,600 square meters of take-up in the first half of 2025, representing 86% growth compared to the prior year, with the vacancy rate at 11.1% and prime rent reaching €51.00 per square meter per month as of Q2 2025. The business climate index in Hesse improved to 95 points in early summer 2025, driven by a special government fund decision, though companies identified general economic conditions, domestic demand, and labor costs as primary risks to their development.

Knight Frank's H1 2025 Office Market Mid Year Review examines leasing, supply, investment, and rental trends across ten UK regional cities including Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle, and Sheffield. The report finds that regional leasing activity reached 2.5 million square feet in the first half of 2025 (7% above H1 2024), seven of ten cities recorded year-on-year rental growth reaching as high as 20%, but investment volumes were subdued at £373.5 million and new grade A office space availability remained critically tight at 3.0% vacancy, creating intense competition for quality space.

Manchester's office market saw take-up of 581,974 sq ft across 102 transactions in H1 2025, representing 14% growth versus H1 2024 and 31% above the five-year H1 average, with the TMT sector accounting for 42% of leasing activity. Overall availability decreased to 2.9 million sq ft with an 11.1% vacancy rate, while Prime headline rent stands at £45 per sq ft with expected growth above £50 per sq ft as new speculative development including the 243,000 sq ft Republic scheme commences.

Edmonton recorded 96,144 square feet of positive net absorption in Q1 2026, with overall vacancy holding steady at 15.4%, as downtown strength—driven by the Financial district and Government cluster—offset modest suburban softness. The market is shifting toward "flight to experience" strategies where high-tier properties emphasize hospitality-driven services and plug-and-play solutions, while tenants increasingly favor flexible lease terms and furnished suites to manage build-out costs and timelines.

Montreal's office vacancy in the Greater Montreal Area declined to 17.8% in Q1 2026, driven by strengthening demand for top-tier assets in the Downtown Core. The industrial vacancy rate also declined modestly quarter-over-quarter in Q1 2026, reversing part of the increase witnessed through Q3 2025.

The Greater Montreal Area office market in Q1 2026 experienced a total availability rate of 18.4%, down from the previous quarter, with positive net absorption of 252,000 square feet marking the fifth consecutive quarter of growth since 2019. Sublease space declined to 10.9% of available inventory (its lowest level since 2021), while residential conversion projects added 417,000 square feet to the 1.2 million square feet already converted, and a major office sale of the Deloitte Tower to DekaBank for $279 million ($540 per square foot) indicated signs of recovery in higher-quality assets.

This is a market report published by Colliers in March 2026 covering the office sector in Calgary's Beltline and suburban areas for the first quarter of 2026.

This is a market report published by Colliers in March 2026 covering the office sector in Montreal, Quebec, Canada during the first quarter of 2026.

This is a market report published by JLL in March 2026 covering office sector dynamics in Ottawa during the first quarter of 2026.

The Edmonton office market in Q1 2026 experienced positive absorption of 23,278 square feet, reducing the city-wide vacancy rate to 17.8%, with gross asking rents at $32.51 per square foot across all property classes. Notable activity included ATCO's announced relocation to ATCO Centre (accommodating approximately 1,200 employees), the Intact Building sale for $24 million at a 10.22% capitalization rate, and increased downtown foot traffic following the Alberta government's October 2025 announcement of mandatory full-time in-office work beginning February 2026.

Calgary's office market in Q1 2026 recorded 46,589 square feet of city-wide absorption with an overall vacancy rate of 22.8%, down 0.1% from the previous quarter, while downtown faced structural headwinds from energy sector consolidation and M&A activity with a 27.6% vacancy rate, though the Beltline and suburbs showed resilience with respective vacancy rates of 15.6% and 16.2%. Startup energy companies and residential conversions emerged as positive drivers, with investor confidence reflected in strategic acquisitions including Dominium's $60 million purchase of the Imperial Oil campus in Quarry Park and other notable transactions in the suburban and urban submarkets.
Office-using employment in Quebec contracted 0.9% year over year as of February 2026, driven largely by declines in information, culture and recreation sectors. The Greater Montreal Area's office vacancy rate fell 50 basis points from the prior year to 17.0%, its lowest level since mid-2024, with Class A and transit-connected properties continuing to lead leasing activity.

Calgary office vacancy reached 21.2% in Q1 2026, down 200 basis points from a year ago. Industrial vacancy was essentially flat at 5.2%, up just 10 basis points from the prior quarter, while retail vacancy rose to 4.7% at year-end 2025 from 3.6% in Q3 2025.

This is a first-quarter 2026 data report on the Ottawa office market published by CBRE on March 31, 2026.

This is a quarterly data report published by CBRE on March 31, 2026, presenting office sector figures for downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada for the first quarter of 2026.

Ottawa's office market in Q1 2026 experienced rising vacancy to 13.3%, its highest level since Q4 2024, driven by significant job losses of 30,500 in the prior year and challenging economic conditions in the federal services sector. Despite increased vacancy, leasing activity rebounded to 305,000 square feet in Q1 2026, while overall average direct net asking rent decreased slightly to $17.72 per square foot.

This is a first-quarter 2026 market report on the Calgary office sector published by JLL on March 31, 2026.

This is a data figures report published by CBRE on March 31, 2026, presenting office sector metrics for Edmonton, Alberta in the first quarter of 2026.

This is a data-figures report published by CBRE on March 31, 2026, presenting first-quarter 2026 office market figures for suburban Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

This is a market report published by JLL on December 31, 2025, covering office sector dynamics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for the fourth quarter of 2025.

Ottawa's office market in Q4 2025 recorded a 12.3% overall vacancy rate with year-to-date net absorption of negative 34,000 square feet, while asking gross rent stood at $36.75 per square foot across all property classes. The report documents that Canada's unemployment rate declined to 6.5% in November 2025, but Ottawa's rate rose to 7.3%, and leasing activity in the quarter totaled 270,000 square feet, down quarter-over-quarter, with particular weakness in the Central Class A market.

This is a quarterly market report on the Ottawa office sector published by Colliers as of the fourth quarter of 2025. The report covers office market conditions and activity in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Oklahoma City's office market in Q1 2026 showed a 28.8% vacancy rate with $19.78 asking rent per square foot, driven by an economy with 3.6% unemployment (below the 3.4% national average) and diversified employment across energy, aerospace, technology, and manufacturing sectors. The market has experienced measured supply growth with 6,000 square feet of year-to-date net absorption, sustained leasing in North and Northwest submarkets, and is seeing tenant demand shift toward smaller, higher-quality spaces supported by generous tenant improvement allowances ranging from $30–$50 to $75–$100 per square foot for shell space.

This is a market report on the Toronto office sector published by Colliers in the first quarter of 2026. The report covers office market conditions and activity in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

This is a first-quarter 2026 data report on Pittsburgh office market figures published by CBRE, with geographic scope including Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and national comparisons.

This is a market report published by Colliers in Q1 2026 covering the office sector in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

This is a data figures report published by CBRE on March 31, 2026, presenting office sector metrics for suburban Toronto in the first quarter of 2026.

The Greater Toronto office market experienced significant recovery in Q1 2026, with the overall availability rate declining 160 basis points to 17.6% and vacancy falling 140 basis points to 15.7%, driven largely by strong leasing activity that added 2.1 million square feet across the region. Downtown Toronto led the recovery with availability dropping to 15.5% and vacancy to 13.1%, while zero new office building completions occurred during the quarter, with only 1.4 million square feet from CIBC Square Phase II remaining under construction and scheduled for Q2 2026 delivery.

This is a data report published by CBRE on March 31, 2026, presenting office sector figures for Montreal in the first quarter of 2026.

Metro Vancouver's office market in Q1 2026 recorded an 11.2% overall vacancy rate with 263,000 square feet of year-to-date net absorption and asking rents at $53.68 per square foot, as vacancy declined by 20 basis points quarter-over-quarter despite minimal new construction and only one office building completion. Downtown Vancouver's vacancy fell to 13.9% with leasing activity rebounding to 502,000 square feet, driven by tenants upgrading to higher-quality Class A space, while across the broader metro region 17 office projects totaling 1.2 million square feet remain under construction with nearly 55% pre-leased, and sublease inventory continued its tenth consecutive quarter of decline as the market gradually rebalances toward direct space.

Toronto's office market entered 2026 with improving fundamentals as downtown vacancy declined to a three-year low of 14.4% in Q1 2026 while asking rents reached $52.41 per square foot across all property classes, with the Financial Core leading recovery but suburban markets showing uneven performance. GTA-wide new leasing activity totaled 2.6 million square feet, up 31.9% year-over-year and the strongest first-quarter performance since 2018, though downtown leasing cooled 48.5% quarter-over-quarter from the prior year's surge while Class A rent growth re-emerged at approximately 110 basis points quarterly amid a highly segmented recovery across asset classes and submarkets.